So Sad Today: Personal Essays

by Melissa Broder

Let’s love each other right where we are, even as we compare ourselves to one another. I am saying, yes, baby, I know it’s hard.

I am a superficial woman of depth.

simple yet intricate

say I love you as they are coming, and then do that with a different person every day, I totally agreed except I only wanted to do it with you: a love story.

Let’s pretend you are capable of being who I think I need you to be: a love story.

I think it’s time for you to drop back into my life, ruin it, then disappear again: a love story.

Imagining that you are going to come back to me is my favorite way to spend the day: a love story.